Gifts 23401-23500

23401. Sleeping in. 

23402. Singing Jesus Christ in different languages. 

23403. Fresh croissants. 

23404. Getting to talk to Kyla for a few. 

23405. Watching the niecphews running after candy. 

23406. Delicious American flag pancakes. 

23407. Ticket with Crystal. 

23408. Sickness forcing rest. 

23409. Otravine helping me breathe. 

23410. Les and GL calling without a plan. 

23411. Jim T speaking strong affirming words to Ashton. 

23412. Ashton’s family here. 

23413. Sanem Hoca saying my foot had bayağı bayağı (so so much)

            gotten better. 

23414. Time with R&M, Elham and her mom. 

23415. Lasagna. 

23416. Cleaning out my freezer, using food I already have. 

23417. Finishing PT. 

23418. Seeing Aubrey Rose in Sunday School class. 

23419. Hearing the cool stories from the class’s pay it forward

            campaign. 

23420. Reading about lives changed in The Story Continues. 

23421. Ashton going to the doctor with me. 

23422. Lab work results coming out in the nick of time. 

23423. Sickness yielding rest. 

23424. Doing conflict resolution with 4 other people supporting. 

23425. Recognizing Satan’s voice and lies and prayer changing the whole atmosphere of the room. 

23426. Regular calls from Hannah. 

23427. A step towards reconciliation. 

23428. Brice’s prayer driving away most of my anxiety. 

23429. Getting to show ebru to Ashton’s family. 

23430. Harran provided by them. 

23431. Cool breezes at the park on the hottest day of the year. 

23432. My favorite taxi driver. 

23433. Sweet and soul-filling conversations with Sıla. 

23434. My coughing holding off until we finished our time with her. 

23435. Hinderances but God is mightier. 

23436. A sweet sweet morning with Roozbeh and Mahshid. 

23437. Hearing of Ali’s new faith. 

23438. Talking and puzzling with GL. 

23439. A long nap. 

23440. Praying for God to just take care of my water heater problem

            and he did! 

23441. Air conditioners on hot summer days. 

23442. The Lees beating Enes to my house. 

23443. Mangal at the cool and quiet bahçe. 

23444. Delicious food. 

23445. An early night. 

23446. Ticket with Crystal. 

23447. Ten hours of sleep! 

23448. Visiting Mükaddes and Sibel with Rebekah. 

23449. Talking to Özge for a few. 

23450. My flowers are still alive. 

23451. Korean food and joker with the Lees. 

23452. Mükaddes wanting to get together. 

23453. An early Thursday night. 

23454. A day of games, good food and AC with the Campbells. 

23455. A delicious kahvaltı with Mükaddes. 

23456. Good ebru water. 

23457. Feeling overly rested this week. 

23458. English worship for us when no one shows up. 

23459. A cool breeze like an oasis in the desert. 

23460. Seeing Özge again. 

23461. Technology allowing us to see Elif and hear what her prayer

            needs are. 

23462. Making the tight connection in Istanbul. 

23463. A sweet teyze beside me. 

23464. Experiencing business class pleasures. 

23465. A window seat descending into Samsun. 

23466. Freedom to move about as I please. 

23467. Refugees to encourage and challenge me. 

23468. Kaşarlı menemen. 

23469. Getting to meet Helin. 

23470. Finally seeing the Samsun church in person. 

23471. A bus ride along the coast. 

23472. Yummy fish and chips. 

23473. Meeting Anıl. 

23474. An early evening and vegging to a tv show. 

23475. Getting to go up the cable car in Ordu. 

23476. Cool mountain air after a stifling heat. 

23477. Dinner with a view. 

23478. News that I’m going to have another niecphew. 

23479. A Rose giving the news. 

23480. A good airplane seat for $1.49. 

23481. A good decision to get gözleme. 

23482. Learning more and more to stand up for myself and to call out

            wrongdoing. 

23483. Plenty of leg room back seat on the bus. 

23484. Plenty of AC on the bus. 

23485. A fair taxi driver after an unfair one. 

23486. Papa John’s with the Bicketts. 

23487. Being in the right place at the right time so they could go to the

            hospital to have baby Calvin. 

23488. Smoothness with Titus and Eva getting them to sleep and with

            no meltdowns. 

23489. Laughing and catching up with Haley. 

23490. Gorgeous sunset sea views from the Morins’ balcony. 

23491. Getting to talk to GL and Les. 

23492. Getting the Bickett’s house unpacked. 

23493. A taxi driver going the extra steps to take my luggage to the

            sidewalk. It’s these little gestures from the Turks that are so

            great. 

23494. Ikea shopping and lunch. 

23495. Another air-conditioned bus ride. 

23496. The Campbells picking me up from the bus station. 

23497. Dinner and processing with them. 

23498. Long sleep and a nap. 

23499. A package from mom and a ride from the post office. 

23500. Surprised by Ekin.